Northwest Africa played a role in spreading civilization west of Egypt into southern Europe.

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Despite the importance of Crete to ancient Greek civilization, archaeological study of its culture is relatively recent. Some of the earliest traces of a powerful, Bronze Age civilization were ...

Teotihuacán is one of the most impressive ancient sites in all of Central and North America. Its scale surpasses the cities built by the Maya and other Mesoamerican civilizations. Though most notable ...

In 700-800 C.E., the ancient Maya would ascend a stairway to a temple at ... The top half of the stela contains hieroglyphics — a complex system of writing was one of the Maya civilization’s greatest ...

As I walk through the ruins of Machu Picchu, an Incan citadel built in the heights of the Andes Mountains in Peru and dating back to sometime around 1450, I see the magnificent remains of buildings ...

They mark the site of the ancient city Meroë, a UNESCO World Heritage site. The center of a powerful civilization, Meroë served as the capital city of Kush whose robust culture thrived for ...

Eclipses have been a subject of fascination throughout human history, and the fact that we now have a clearer understanding of what they actually are—at least in the celestial mechanics sense—than we ...

Through the ages, starting many, many ages ago, mint has played a role in everything from easing stomach woes to repelling ...

Using lidar, a remote sensing method that utilizes airborne lasers, the researchers were able to create a nearly complete picture of ancient ruins hidden to ... tale about climate change — this great ...

But what exactly is Ancient Apocalypse, when is the second season out and why is it so controversial? Let’s take a look. What ...

ANKARA, TURKEY—Hurriyet Daily News reports that a bathhouse and a tannery dated to the Ottoman period have been uncovered in Ankara’s Ancient Roman Theater and Archaeopark. Researchers from the ...